System and process for notification of contagion risk conditions and mitigation thereof

Abstract

The present invention is directed to system and process for notification of contagion risk and mitigation of the risk thereof. The system comprises a meteorological history repository having meteorological data and a processor configured with an instruction set. The instruction set includes retrieving meteorological data for a selected region for a selected time window, calculating contagion risk based on the meteorological data and from at least one of a transmission risk or a susceptibility risk, calculating the transmission risk as a function of dew point change and calculating susceptibility risk as a function of relative humidity. The system generates a contagion risk indicator based thereon.Embodiments of the system for mitigating the risk of spread of contagions and include a controller configured to select a lower humidity bound as a function of contagion infectivity and an upper humidity bound as a function of contagion viability or mold/fungus growth rate. The controller receives humidity data for the sealed area and issues control signals to a humidification unit in response to the received humidity data and according to the selected lower humidity bound and the upper humidity bound.

1 . A system for notification of contagion spread risk, the system comprising:
 a meteorological history repository having meteorological data;   a processor configured with an instruction set of:   retrieving meteorological data for a selected region for a selected time window;   calculating said contagion spread risk based on said meteorological data from a transmission risk;   calculating said transmission risk as a function of dew point change; and   generating a contagion risk indicator for said selected region for said selected time window.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said meteorological data is retrieved from a third party meteorological data source. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said susceptibility risk is calculated as a function of relative humidity range. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1  wherein said processor generates said contagion risk indicator as an alphanumeric, indicia, or color indicator. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4  further comprising a display. 
     
     
         6 . A method for notification of contagion spread risk, the method comprising:
 providing a processor and meteorological history repository having meteorological data;   said processor retrieving meteorological data for a selected region for a selected time window;   said processor calculating said contagion spread risk based on said meteorological data from a transmission risk;   said processor calculating said transmission risk as a function of dew point change; and   generating a contagion risk indicator for said selected region for said selected time window.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6  wherein said susceptibility risk is calculated as a function of relative humidity range. 
     
     
         8 . A system for mitigating the spread of contagions in a sealed area, the system comprising:
 a controller having a processor and memory and configured to issue control signals to a humidification unit;   said controller configured to select a lower humidity bound as a function of contagion infectivity;   said controller configured to select an upper humidity bound as a function of contagion viability or mold/fungus growth rate;   said controller receiving humidity data for said sealed area; and   said controller issuing control signals to a humidification unit in response to said received humidity data according to said selected lower humidity bound and said upper humidity bound.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8  wherein said humidity data is retrieved from a third party meteorological data source. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 8 , further providing a humidity sensor associated with said sealed area and in communication with said controller. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 8 , said controller calculates a projected humidity change from at least one of meteorological forecast data, interior building volume, air inflow/outflow rates, or humidification capacity, wherein said controller issues controls signals to a humidification unit in response to said projected humidity change. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 8 , further comprising a humidification unit. 
     
     
         13 . A method for mitigating the spread of contagions in a sealed area, the method comprising:
 providing a controller having a processor and memory and configured to issue control signals to a humidification unit;   said controller selecting a lower humidity bound as a function of contagion infectivity;   said controller selecting an upper humidity bound as a function of contagion viability or mold/fungus growth rate;   said controller receiving humidity data for said sealed area; and   said controller issuing control signals to a humidification unit in response to said received humidity data according to said selected lower humidity bound and said upper humidity bound.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further providing a humidity sensor associated with said sealed area and in communication with said controller. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , said controller calculates a projected humidity change from at least one of meteorological forecast data, interior building volume, air inflow/outflow rates, or humidification capacity, wherein said controller issues controls signals to a humidification unit in response to said projected humidity change. 
     
     
         16 . A system for notification of contagion risk, the system comprising:
 a meteorological history repository having meteorological data;   a processor configured with an instruction set of:   retrieving meteorological data for a selected region for a selected time window;   calculating contagion risk based on said meteorological data from susceptibility risk;   calculating said susceptibility risk as a function of relative humidity; and   generating a contagion risk indicator for said selected region for said selected time window.   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16  wherein said meteorological history is retrieved from a third party meteorological data source. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 16  wherein said susceptibility risk is calculated as a function of relative humidity range. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 16  wherein said processor generates said contagion risk indicator as an alphanumeric, indicia, or color indicator. 
     
     
         20 . A method for notification of contagion risk, the method comprising:
 providing a processor and meteorological history repository having meteorological data;   said processor retrieving meteorological data for a selected region for a selected time window;   said processor calculating contagion risk based on said meteorological data from a susceptibility risk;   said processor calculating susceptibility risk as a function of relative humidity; and   generating a contagion risk indicator for said selected region for said selected time window.